What:
The Czech Technical University (CTU) in Prague challenges its graduate engineering students to master the basic design of microwave circuits and subsystems and become familiar with the concepts of active and passive microwave and millimeter wave circuit designs. CTU uses AWR’s Microwave Office® circuit design software and AXIEM® EM simulation software extensively in both coursework and research because it is fast to learn and easy to use, enabling students to successfully master the complex concepts of high-frequency design and complete their master’s theses.

“From basic microwave building blocks to advanced research in circuit design, we have found AWR’s Microwave Office and AXIEM to be an ideal choice of tools.” Dr. Tomas Korinek, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, CTU Prague

Dr. Jaakko Juntunen shows how shape modifiers can be utilized in Analyst to create a parameterized EM problem. Moreover, when the model is used in circuit design, the EM results are interpolated, enabling an incredibly fast yield analysis and optimization with the full EM accuracy.

Dr. Mark Pierpoint delivers the IMS2012 MicroApps Keynote address:
As global competition increases, the need to produce the next state-of-the-art product faster has driven changes in how EDA and test instrumentation work together. Gone are the days when a design could be thrown over the wall to production. The next generation of communications protocols have barely been labeled "standards" when products using them have hit the streets. To produce better communications products faster requires that the line between EDA and test be blurred and new synergies between them created...

The problem comes in when you are not a software-centric company. The 2012 UBM Embedded Market Survey showed that, for the first time, QA engineers are becoming a significant portion of embedded software teams, and while the quality of debugging tools is still the top area for improvement, engineers seem to be getting more confident with what is available. However...